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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services

    The picture shows a hand holding a smartphone. The smartphone screen is blue and shows the logo of DWD’s WarnWetter App. In the picture’s background, the black clouds of a thunderous sky are visible.

    HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services Warning and information services are important building blocks … last update on 28.11.2023 HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services In 2021 more than half of respondents to the Environment Awareness Study stated that they …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-1: Information on how to act in a disaster situation

    The picture shows a group of two women and two men participating in a First Aid training exercise. The course leader uses a doll to demonstrate cardiac massage.

    BS-R-1: Information on how to act in a disaster situation Regular attendance of First Aid … 66 % of respondents to the environmental awareness survey stated that they had informed themselves on the appropriate behaviour in a disaster situation, while … rescue services or disaster relief services arrive to provide assistance in a more organised way in events such as severe tempests, extraordinarily heavy falls of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 14.01.2025

    FW-R-6: Silvicultural information on the theme of adaptation

    The picture shows two young foresters having a discussion in a sparse forest. The man on the left-hand side of the picture stands with his arms crossed while the other man is gesticulating with his hands. In the background, beams from a low sun are penetrating the forest.

    FW-R-6: Silvicultural information on the theme of adaptation Exchanging knowledge with private forest … relation to the extreme drought years of 2018 to 2020, there have been distinctly more expert articles available. FW-R-6: Silvicultural information on the theme of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-2: Precautions taken among the population

    The picture shows an assortment of emergency provisions including groceries such as beans, rice and tinned food, batteries, adhesive tape, toilet paper, tea lights and lighters.

    … population By 2016 the proportion of respondents who consider themselves adequately informed about the climate change risks concerned, had decreased. The survey conducted in 2021 shows an increase in the corresponding proportion to more than two thirds. The perception of individuals to have taken adequate … flaps. In this context, the BBK informs house owners not only by means of relevant information leaflets but also by making videos available on a dedicated YouTube …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-R-4 + 5: Utilisation of raw timber and timber construction quota

    … to be opened up, especially in respect of non-residential buildings. Owing to its more favourable properties, it is predominantly coniferous timber that is used in … its infancy. FW-R-5: Timber construction quota Source: StBA (Baufertigstellungen) More hardwood for material use! Both the forest transformation in favour of more

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-4: Active emergency relief responders in civic protection

    The picture shows three emergency vehicles operated by the fire brigade and the THW emergency relief organisation: The vehicles are standing on a National Road, one of them is a fire-fighting group vehicle. A man wearing a high-visibility vest and a pair of THW livery trousers can be seen running along the middle gangway.

    … then the commitment has grown again. In 2021 there were in total some 1.15 million more individuals active in fire brigades and THW – 50,000 more than just five years before. Adverse circumstances such as the worldwide …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-3: Federal grants - Research projects Climate change impacts Adaptation

    The picture shows a printout illustrating various charts. A pie chart, a line chart and a bar chart are visible on a sheet of A4 paper. On top of the sheet is a stack of Euro notes and a 2-Euros coin. It is possible to make out a pile of additional coins on the edge of the picture.

    … climate change impacts and adaptation Source: BMBF (Förderkatalog – own analysis) More money for research into climate impacts and adaptation When making decisions … of real estate. An essential basis for decision-making is, on one hand, a well-informed vision of the future which allows them to make a fairly reliable appraisal … BMBF is concerned, relevant measures in this context include ‘ RegIKlim – Regional information on climate-related action’, ‘ The economics of climate change’, ‘ …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-1 + 2: Heat warning service and Public awareness of health problems

    … warning service The DWD ‘ Newsletter Hitzewarnungen’ (NL heat warnings) provides information at times when ‘starke’ (major) or ‘ extreme Wärmebelastung’ (extreme … ) demonstrated that we have to prepare for such health-threatening events in a more targeted way. In order to enable, in particular, health facilities such as …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … extreme weather events seem to require the deployment of civic protection crews more and more frequently. The deployment situation seems to be characterised … conclusions about the actual self-help capacity of citizens from their level of information, which depends not only on the level of information but also on the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … For example, liability insurance or household insurance products are typically more profitable whereas homeowners’ comprehensive insurance regularly incurs … FiW-R-1 ), there seems to be a need for more strongly and more intensively bundled information on climate risks. In order to raise public awareness of the risks of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

    The picture shows a woman’s head and shoulders while she looks sceptically out of a window. The window is part-shaded by an indoor blind.

    … Federal government considers it one of its key responsibilities to ensure adequate information is easily accessible, with convincing illustrations of the challenges … public’s awareness regarding events closely bound up with climate change. But the more the public turn their attention to other subjects, the more the perceived …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Water Resources, Water Management, Coastal and Marine Protection

    People standing on a seat bench surrounded by water

    … or natural water reservoirs. Due to climate change, low-water situations may occur more frequently and more intensively in the future. This is particularly true for … and the impairment of natural protective functions in the coastal zone. Further information Adaptation: Water Resources, Water Management, Coastal and Marine …